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  • Prescott v. Prescott

    59 Me. 146 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1871

    Monk v. Guild, 3 Met. 372 . … Brown’s Divorce Court Practice, 152.

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  • State v. Robb

    100 Me. 180 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 14, 1905

    Harrington v. Board of Aldermen, 20 R. I. 233, 38 L. R. A. 305. The state may even direct its destruction. Lawton v. Steele, 152 U. S. 133 ; Preston v. Drew, supra; Fisher v. … See Harrington v. Board of Aldermen, supra. In Grand Rapids v.

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  • Deering v. City of Saco

    68 Me. 322 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 25, 1878

    J., in Harmon v. Jennings, 22 Maine, 240, 242, for declaring that the question not having been raised before the referees, it cannot be entertained now. See also the recent case of Raymond v. Co. … Co. v. Fox, 18 Maine, 117. Brown v. Clay, 31 Maine, 518. Morse v. Morse, 62 Maine, 443. Mitchell v. Dockray, 63 Maine, 82. Exceptions overruled. AppletoN, C. J., Walton, Barrows, Peters and Libbey, JJ., concurred. ■;

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  • Smith v. Town of Pittston

    2003 Me. 46 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 7, 2003

    We held in City of Portland v. Fisherman’s Wharf Assocs. … Delogu v.

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  • Provencher v. Moore

    105 Me. 87 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 7, 1909

    Sec. 52; Parker v. … Bell v. Woodman, 60 Maine, page 465; State v. Benner, 64 Maine, Page 287-8; Davis v. Roby, 64 Maine, page 427.

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  • Sawyer v. Walker

    572 A.2d 498 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 3, 1990

    Sawyer, appeals the Superior Court’s (Penobscot County, Browne, A.R.J.) order on costs arising from her successful civil action against defendant, Oscar Walker. … Purwin v. Robertson Enterprises, Inc., 506 A.2d 1152, 1154 (Me.1986) (emphasis added).

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  • Ford v. County Commissioners

    64 Me. 408 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1874

    Hyde v. Middlesex, 2 Gray, 267 ; Brown v. Worcester, 13 Gray, 31 . … J., in Central Bridge Corporation v.

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  • Halas v. Town of Boothbay

    556 A.2d 665 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Apr 14, 1989

    Planning Board. … Camden and Rockland Water Co. v. Town of Hope, 543 A.2d 827, 829 (Me.1988). Review of the record reveals substantial evidence to support the Board’s factual finding and no arbitrary or unlawful action.

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  • Bernstein v. Carmichael

    146 Me. 446 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 30, 1951

    Beaulieu v. Portland Company, 48 Me. 291 ; Connor v. Giles, 76 Me. 132 ; Nason v. West, 78 Me. 253 , 3 A. 911 . In Beaulieu v. Portland Company, supra, this court quoted the then recent English case of Cornman v. E. C. … Again, in Nason v.

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  • McVicker v. Beedy

    31 Me. 314 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1850

    In Perrin v. … Eaton v. Brown, 8 Greenl. 22. It is suggested by the defendant’s counsel, that the amendment will be unavailing, because an action of debt camiot be sustained for work and labor done.

    Cited 6 timesPublished
  • Lewis v. Penney

    632 A.2d 439 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Oct 22, 1993

    Brown, 495 A.2d 324, 325 (Me.1985) (any fault by injured party bars recovery under dog-damage statute). … Henry v. Brown, 495 A.2d 324, 325 (Me.1985); Pettitt v. Lizotte, 454 A.2d 329, 335 (Me.1982). .The verdict form read as follows: 1.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • Chase v. City of Portland

    658 A.2d 661 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 24, 1995

    Porter v. Maine State Retirement Sys., 609 A.2d 1146, 1147 (Me.1992). Although our review of findings of fact made by the Board is for clear error, Carr v. Board of Trustees of Me. … Kelley v. Commissioner, Me. Dep’t of Human Sews., 591 A.2d 1300, 1303 (Me.1991); see also Fraser v. Barton, 628 A.2d 146, 148 (Me.1993) (finding that statutory definition met reviewed for error of law).

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  • Page v. Nissen

    254 A.2d 592 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 26, 1969

    Brown v. McCaffrey, et al., 1948, 143 Me. 221 , 60 A.2d 792 ; Pike v. Munroe, 1853, 36 Me. 309 . As stated in Maker v. … Hathorn v. Hinds, 1879, 69 Me. 326 ; Brown v. Heard, 1893, 85 Me. 294 , 27 A. 182 ; Hobbs v. Payson, 1893, 85 Me. 498 , 27 A. 519 ; Smith v. Sweat, 1897, 90 Me. 528 , 38 A. 554 .

    Cited 9 timesPublished
  • Bradbury v. Inhabitants of Cumberland County

    52 Me. 27 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jul 1, 1861

    Thereupon measures were taken by the court of county commissioners, for the county of Cumberland, to have a judgment and determination, by the joint board of the commissioners of the four counties in which the highway was … At a meeting of this joint board, it was decided that a part of the road which they had adjudged to be of common convenience and necessity should be discontinued. In the case of Jones v.

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  • Emerson v. Fisk

    6 Me. 200 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jun 15, 1829

    Then, and then only, such of the boards as might not be wanted for this purpose, were to be delivered over to them. … See Waterston & al. v. Getchell 5. Greenl. 435.

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  • Roberta, Inc. v. Inhabitants of Town of Southwest Harbor

    449 A.2d 1138 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Sep 8, 1982

    See, e.g., Cummings v. Town of Oakland, Me., 430 A.2d 825 (1981); Schwanda v. Bonney, Me., 418 A.2d 163 (1980). … See Waddell v. Briggs, Me., 381 A.2d 1132 (1978).

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Midland Funding LLC v. Walton

    155 A.3d 864 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Feb 2, 2017

    Windham Land Trust v. Jeffords, 2009 ME 29, ¶ 19 , 967 A.2d 690 . “If the District Court lacked subject matter jurisdiction, we would have to vacate its order.” Landmark Realty v. … Express Bank FSB v.

    Cited 10 timesPublished
  • State v. Intoxicating Liquors

    82 Me. 558 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · May 29, 1890

    Brown v. State of Maryland, 12 Wheat. 419 . No one but the importer himself has the right to sell, except as allowed by the laws of the state; and he can sell only in the original packages. … v.

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  • Young v. Central Maine Power Co.

    814 A.2d 998 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Jan 23, 2003

    Lewiston Daily Sun v. Sch. Admin. Dist. No. 43, 1999 ME 143, ¶ 17 , 738 A.2d 1239, 1243 (quoting Halfway House, Inc. v. … See, e.g., Toothaker v.

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  • Freeman v. Leighton

    90 Me. 541 · Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · Aug 17, 1897

    This is a familiar proposition enunciated in numerous decisions *545 from Storer v. Freeman, 6 Mass. 435 , to Brown v. Heard, 85 Maine, 294.

    Cited 2 timesPublished

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